ya i would like to learn linux as i've heard it rarely crashs and you can fix alot of problems. so fornow i will stick with xp/vista (i will get vista once i get my 8800ultra, q6600, 226BW LCD and new ram)
some newer games use quad cores now right?
oh and xp home can use up to 3.5 gb's right? my video card says its got 128mb on board and can handle up to 512 with system ram so would it grab the stuff from 3.5gb's or would it take the .5 not being used by windows?
also what program tests ram modules for defects?
Sort of.
Windows XP 32bit can handle Exactly 4 GB of memory. The problem is that it includes ALL addressable memory in that 4GB... so when you have say... a 8800GTX installed.. .you will only see 3.2GB of ram. (this is why there is a big discrepancy in how much people "see" when running 32bit, a GTX has what 768MB of addressable memory?). Not sure how this works with SLI/Crossfire...
Not sure what else is included in the addressable memory range, justa hypothesis I came up with and never researched it diligently to see if I was correct
As far as Linux rarely crashing... its true to a point. In my experience its much less forgiving then windows, but harder to make the error that causes the crash. Windows is actually an extreemly stable operating system
except that you have to rely on 3rd party drivers/software. If you install windows and never install updated drivers or another program, I would bet a lot of money that you do not ever see a BSOD unless its overclocking related. NASA uses windows on their servers and my Dad said that the one he set up ran for 4+ years, and only crashed because idiots started doing things like installing screen savers... (On a server!!) WTF???
Linux is a lot of fun though and offers a whole lot to the people that are willing to learn it. I would like to use it for a web browsing machine, especially since I can easily copy my Opera profile over
Oh yah.. im really interested in the Linux HTPC too... there is a totally groovy front end you can install over Ubuntu that is just hte best HTPC front end I have ever seen. HTPC Linux or something.. I have it DLEd just never installed it
Might do that soon though